Lentswe, Klerksdorp - A new NPO called Seriti Sa Mosadi was launched in the city last weekend. Run by Daphney Qonde, who is working at the NW Department of Health as the Deputy Principal of NW CoEC (College of Emergency Care), the NGO wants to empower women. Seriti Sa Mosadi means Dignity of a Woman. According to Qonde, sanitary pads is a luxury that underprivileged women cannot afford. They donated these pads during the launch at the Protea Hotel on Saturday May 24.
Madala is missing
THS blessed by a Mrs SA visit
Lentswe, Vaal Reefs - A Mrs South Africa semi-finalist visited Vaal Reefs THS this week. It was a great day for the school and they were honoured by the presence of Blessing Ngwenya, a semi-finalist in the Mrs SA Pageant on Monday May 26. She hails from the dusty roads of Kanana. In her presentation, she said: “Nothing should limit your dreams. Your poor background should not determine your destiny. You have a bright future ahead.” She touched on teenage pregnancy and abuse of drugs. Learners should be proud of themselves and carry themselves with integrity. Please vote by SMS’ing Blessing Ngwenya to 47587. An SMS costs R3. You can also vote by going to Mrs South Africa official page on Facebook or Instagram, check semi-finalists photos, and scroll down and like/share her picture.
City’s waste water in the spotlight
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - The Executive Mayor of Matlosana hosted the Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation Sello Seitlholo on an oversight visit to assess the status of water and sanitation in the towns of Klerksdorp and Orkney in Matlosana. He was not impressed with the state of the waste water treatments plants and said it is some of the worse he has ever seen since conducting oversight visits to municipalities over the last ten months.
Fedsas fingers Education departments
Lentswe, Klerksdorp - “One of the biggest threats to education in South Africa is government officials. Mismanagement, incompetence and wilful political ignorance at the level of provincial education departments remain the weak link in the education chain”